Mop holder



Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

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SAMSON L. TOPL-I'Z, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed December Il, 1926. Serial No. 154,057.

This invention relates to a holder for door mops and has for its object to provide an article of this character which will be composed of few parts; which will be inexpensive to manufacture; which will firmly and securely hold the mop and which will have no projecting parts to injure or mar the floor or furniture.

With these objects and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, in view, I have devised the particular arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended I hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved mop holder;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, with parts being broken away to disclose construction;

Figure 3 is a view of the bottom of the mop holder; and

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of `he arrows. v

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

ln the embodiment of my invention as disclosed in the accompanying drawing, the device is shown as being formed with a pair of clamping jaws 1 and 2. The jaw 1 is provided, at some distance from its lower end with a transversely extending slot or opening 8, through which an upwardly extending part 8 on the jaw 2 projects. The jaw 1 is provided with a rolled or curled part 4 which is formed from material pressed out of the opening 3 and said part 4 forms a tubular guide, which aligns with similar guides 5 formed by curling the upper edges of parts of the jaw 2.

Throughthe three guides 4 and 5 thus produced, a hinge pin 7 extends and acts to hinge together the two jaws 2 and 3. The jaw 1 is provided with an upwardly extending part 9 which is arcuate in form so that it iits closely around the face of the wooden handle or stick'lO.

The part 8 on the jaw 2 is also arcuate in form, so that the same also closely conforms to the face of the stick 10. At 11 is shown a threaded stud which is secured to the inner face of lthe part 9 and said stud passes through an opening or bore 15 in the stick 10 and also through an opening 6 in the part 8.

A thumb nut 12 is received upon the stud 11 and it tends to bear against the outer face of the part 8 so that by manipulation of said nut 12, the parts 8 and 9 are drawn together, causing the jaws V1 and 2 to be drawn together, so that they may firmly grip the upper end or head of a mop, a part of which is diagrammatically indicated at 18, in Figure 2. To facilitate and aid in the gripping action of the jaws 1 and 2, the same may be provided with inwardly projecting teeth 14 or other projectionsV which will prevent slipping of the mop head.

From theV foregoing, the operation of my improved mop holder will be readily understood. The jaws 1 and 2 may be spread apart by unthreading the thumb nut 12 and a mop may be then inserted. By threadmg the nut 12 uptight, the jaws 1 and 2 may be brought together and they will firmly grip the mop. It will be noted also that through the construction described, the aws are not'provided with any projecting parts, such as would be likely to come in contact with the floor or furniture during the use of the mop' and mar the same. rlhe projecting stud 11 and nut 12 are located at a considerable distance from the jaws and are thus kept away from contact with the floor and therefore are not likely to injure the same.

Having described one -embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that the same is not to be restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structurescoming within the scope of the annexed claims.

l/Vhat I claim is:

1. An article of the class Kdescribed comprising a pair of mop-clamping jaws, one of said jaws having an opening through which a part of the other jaw protrudes, a hinge connecting said jaws, extended parts on the jaws having curved inner faces so that they embrace a. handle between them, a stud on one of said parts extending through the handle and means movable on said stud for drawing the extended parts toward one another to cause the jaws to clamp a mop between them.

2. An article of the class described comprising a pair of clamping jaws, a hinge connecting said jaws, an arcuate-shaped extension on each of said jaws, said extensions adapted to embrace a handle between them,

a stud extending through the handle and connecting said extensions, and a nut movable on said stud for drawing` the extensions together to cause the jaws to clamp a mop between them.

3. An article of the class described comprising a mop holder having a pair of jaws adapted to clamp a mop between them, a hinge connecting said jaws, Qarts on said jaws extending above the hinge, said parts being adapted to embrace a handle between them and means extending through the rhandle for drawing the parts together to effect a clamping action of said jaws upon Aa mop. 

